California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

DEL TACO, INC. v. UNIV. REAL ESTATE P'SHIP V

Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for damages arising out of a faulty sewer line in a commercial property, plaintiff has not provided any authority or logical reason to...

OLSON v. SIX RIVERS NAT'L BANK

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
Defendant bank did not violate the California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies act by requesting credit information pertaining to one plaintiff in...

LAMBROS v. METRO. LIFE INS. CO.

Insurance Law
Insurance Code section 481, which states that unless an insurance contract "otherwise provides," a person insured is entitled to a return of premium...

PEOPLE v. GUZMAN

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (the Act), does not apply to a defendant who commits nonviolent drug possession...

BRANDON G. v. GRAY

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In an action for legal malpractice arising out of a lawyer defendant's failure to timely file a complaint for sexual abuse against a child care...

SARGENT FLETCHER, INC. v. ABLE CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In an action by a manufacturer against a subcontractor for misappropriation of trade secrets under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, the trial...

WOODLIFF v. CALIFORNIA INS. GUAR. ASS'N

Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection, Insurance Law
California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) is required to pay the claim of an insured of an insolvent insurer when the claim is based upon a...

BAGRATION v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (PEOPLE)

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
Unlike reciprocal Civil Discovery Act procedures, Code of Civil Procedure section 437c could not be incorporated in Sexually Violent Predators (SVP)...

BARTON v. ALEXANDER HAMILTON LIFE INS. CO. OF AM.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Petition for rehearing is denied where the trial court: 1) had jurisdiction to enter its order limiting the new trial to compensatory damages, and 2)...

PEOPLE v. HULLAND

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
An officer who purchased drugs from a defendant, then waited 52 days before seeking a warrant to search two residences where the defendant allegedly...